Russia smothered by snowfall

Updated: Dec 18, 2012 19:12 IST

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A woman walks past the Orthodox Svyato-Nikolsky church in an air temperature of about minus 30 degrees Celcius (minus 22 Fahrenheit) in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. A severe cold spell has brought temperatures around 10-20 degrees Celcius lower than average across Siberia. (Reuters)